Arts and Disability Connect includes Mentoring, Training, New Work, and Research and Reflection awards for individual artists with disabilities.

Arts and Disability Connect Round Two
Opens: Monday 12 August
Closes: Tuesday 8 October, 4pm

The Arts and Disability Connect scheme is designed to support artists with disabilities to be ambitious, to develop their practice and to connect with arts organisations and arts professionals in the Republic of Ireland.

Application forms, guidelines and other resources can be found here. If you have questions about the scheme, please email [email protected].

Information sessions

Click here to listen to previous information sessions on SoundCloud, including interviews with previous awarded artists for Training, Mentoring, Research and Reflection and New Work awards. Click here to watch previous information sessions on YouTube.

One-on-one Applicant Support

Artists and people supporting them to apply for Arts and Disability Connect funding can book in applicant support.

We recommend that you read the guidelines of the award you are applying for before attending the meeting.

If you would like to book One-On-One Applicant Support for Round Two 2024 please email [email protected]

You can have up to 1 hour of support either on the phone, Zoom or by email.

During this time, we can review a draft application, answer any queries, and give feedback.

‘Come Ask Questions’ Live Q&A on Zoom

You can join the ‘Come Ask Questions’ live Q&A on Zoom where you can ask any questions you have about the scheme or about your application.

This Q&A session will be held online on 11 September from 12 noon to 1pm.

You will be able to book it soon.